A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.
It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.
Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed.
Fortune is like glass – the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.
It is better to learn late than never.
Only the bold get to the top.
He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
A rolling stone can gather no moss.
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.